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May. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Direction of Change: Disruption from the Sharing Economy

From Ohrn: Change, change and more change . . . . From shareable: New Report Highlights Disruptive Potential of Sharing Movement .…
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May. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games: Running government like a household

Remember this next time some politician, aspiring or otherwise, says that government should be run the way people, the voters,…
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May. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

Cheap oil, financial markets and renewable energy

Worth bringing forward: MB’s comment on Coals Ports, Stranded Assets and the Massey Bridge.   MB makes a connection often overlooked: the…
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May. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

Book launch: Reducing Inequality in B.C. – May 11

A Better Place On Earth: Reducing Inequality In British Columbia . The book launch of Andrew MacLeod’s A Better Place on…
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Apr. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Recommended Readings: Transit, development, who should pay and how

Two articles worth bringing forward.  The first by Kerry Gold in the Globe and Mail: . In Vancouver, developers’ plans…
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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Changes in rates and perceptions: housing, income and inflation

David’s comment to this post deserves highlighting: . Vancouver house prices were increasing at a ridiculous rate before there was…
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Apr. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vacant Homes: Opening Pandora’s Box

Good for the City in attempting to get a handle on the number of vacant homes, and the reasons why…
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Apr. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Tripling Tweets: What three items about real estate might really mean for Vancouver

Everyone talks about it – except our leaders.  There has been little sustained comment or debate by elected officials, local…
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Apr. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

Panel on the ‘Circular Economy’ – Innovations from Canada and the Netherlands

  . Replacing today’s take-make-dispose economy with one that is restorative by design, the circular economy is gaining significant traction…
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Apr. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

Attention Due: The Commercial Real Estate Market in Downtown Vancouver

Residential real-estate gets the comments and coverage (average detached-house price: $1.27 million in Vancouver and the North Shore!).  But at last week’s…
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Apr. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Unreal Estate

A Spanish realtor had an assuming experience selling houses in Vancouver. .…
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Apr. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Contradictory Growth

Tom Durning sends around a housing update each week. Here’s an excerpt from this week: . Interesting take on the…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 6: “Research shows …”

A good example of Fraser Institute thinking, and strategy. It’s an op-ed in the Sun – in response to Dahne…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Better Angels

“Good public policy is best developed with our better angels than our paranoid demons.” – Andy Yan In McMartin’s column:…

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